Public Service: what does it mean at UNC?

2011 NC Women in Govt Breakfast

Public Service: what does it mean at UNC?and what does it have to do with you?Lynn White BlanchardCarolina Center for Public ServiceUNC-Chapel HillN.C. Women in Municipal Government Breakfast MeetingOctober 24, 2011OverviewBackgroundPersonal and theoretical perspectivesUniversity public service: then and nowEngagement: connections to teaching, research and serviceMaking connections

Everything I needed to know

Raleigh, North Carolina (circa 1955)Brownie Troop 96

Public Service: A theoretical perspectiveBut what about the Felmans?

Public Service:Another theoretical perspective

Responsiveness and Reciprocity!

Public Service by any other namePublic service is the application of knowledge, skills and resources for the common good.Engagement is public service that occurs in reciprocal and mutually beneficial partnerships between the university and the community.Engaged scholarship, while fully grounded as disciplined inquiry according to the highest academic standards, strengthens university-community relationships and contributes to the common good.Write to the University when you need help

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UNC TomorrowInitiative of General AdministrationHow can the university can respond to challenges facing the state through teaching, research and service?Listening forums11 community forms (2,700 attendees)11 campus forums (1,000 attendees)Online survey (6,700 responses)2007

UNC Tomorrow themesGlobal readinessAccess to higher educationImproving public educationEconomic transformationHealthEnvironmentUniversitys outreach and engagement

Community-Campus PartnershipCampus-wide initiative to forge effective partnerships with economically distressed communities in North Carolina.Assembles multi-disciplinary teams of UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students, and staff to work with and support community partners in a comprehensive way.

Community-Campus PartnershipCaswell and Lenoir countiesStreetlights, economic plans, classes, dropout prevention, obesity reduction, greenways, science education ..

Lenoir County Common Ground

A Riddle What has more than 4000 legs, is Carolina blue and has grown almost 60 times its original size since 2003?

Hint: Its native habitat can be found in 89 of 100 North Carolina counties, 40 other states, the District of Columbia and 24 other countries.

Answer:

The Buckley Public Service Scholars Program of the Carolina Center for Public Service!2027 students representing more than 50 different majors have made the commitment to participate.Since the programs inception in January 2003, students in the program have contributed more than 743,875 hours of service. 183,581 of those hours were completed during 2010 (68% of which benefited NC).* * Estimated value in 2010 of more than $3.9 million.

13Buckley Service Scholar participants (Spring,2011)

40/50 states, plus DC52 students representing 24 other countries

Buckley Public Service Scholar Participants (Spring,2011)

1,569 students from North Carolina, representing 89 of 100 counties

to classrooms in NC,every day Buckley Public Service Scholars are working to change the world.From teaching in South Africa

16Other APPLES Service-Learning Class (Required by PSS Program) University Center for International Studies K-12 Outreach ProgramPresentations to K-12 classes throughout North Carolina

From Ahoskie to Zambia

Jock LautererFaculty Engaged Scholar

Community journalism projectWorkshops around the stateBucket BrigadeThe Durham Voice

Engaged Scholars at work

Launching the NECD Community VOICE has been the most satisfying and rewarding experience in my 27 years of teaching.

Union Independent School 2010

Living the State MottoImpossible to begin to capture the full range and scope of how Carolina connects to communities through teaching, research and service.Two examples of how we have been recognizedTips for possible connections

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingElective classification Community EngagementCollaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.2006: UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State

Presidents Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll: 2009 Presidential Awardee Highest federal recognition for community service

One of six (out of 780 applications) Only public four-year institution

Only research institution

Highlights of application 1800 students engaged in academic service learning

More than 19,000 students engaged in community service

More that 1 million service hours

Three examples: Project Heal, C.H.E.A.P., and UNC NOW

Honored at Radio City Music Hall Academic Plan 2011:Reach Carolina Because the University exists to serve not only its students but also the state, nation, and the world, Reach Carolina embraces enthusiastically a comprehensive approach to engagement that will recognize, stimulate, and reward excellence in teaching and research on the part of all members of the campus community. (from Executive Summary)Making connections(with UNC and other institutions)Start with who you know and find out more. (Surf, explore and ask.)Think of what you might need and what you have to offer. Begin simply and build.Tie it to teaching, learning and/or research if possible.Possible linkages:InternshipsService-learning coursesCommunity service daysResearchProfessional schools and programs

Whats in that water?